be-geát
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Hí læccað of manna begeátum lóc hwæt hí gefón magan, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 4. Unlytel on ǽhtum . . mycele welan on manegum begeátum, Hml. A. 108, 202
LECGAN
to lay ⬩ place ⬩ put ⬩ lay ⬩ to slay
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Gif hine hwá lecge, L. Eth. iv. 4; Th. i. 222, 9. Se ðe mid þeófe stande and mid feohte, lecge hine man mid ðam þeófe. v. 1, 3; Th. i. 228, 23. Ðæt hine man lecgan ne móste, Th. i. 230, 6
ge-restan
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.) :-- Hié heora gefeohta hie gerestan, þéh hié þæs hungres and þæs moncwealmes ne mehte cessatum est a praeliis, cessatum tamen a mortibus non est, Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 9. to be at ease, remain quiet, dwell, lodge Hwá eardað on þínum temple, odðe hwá mot
a-wrecan
to drive away ⬩ pellere ⬩ expellere ⬩ to hit ⬩ strike ⬩ icere ⬩ percutere ⬩ to relate ⬩ recite ⬩ sing ⬩ narrare ⬩ enarrare ⬩ canere ⬩ to avenge ⬩ revenge ⬩ ulcisci
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Th. 3452; B. 1724 : 4223; B. 2108. to avenge, revenge; ulcisci Gif hine hwá awrecan wille if any one will avenge him, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 210, 10, note 20
cwicen
Alive, quick ⬩ vivus
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Alive, quick ; vivus Hwá cwicenne me on ðysum ealdre fréfrade who comforted me quick [living] in this life, Ps. Th. 118, 82. We ne mágon hátan deádne mon for cwucene we cannot call a dead man quick [living ], Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 20.
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bóc-stæf
A bookstaf, a letter, character ⬩ litera, character
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Hwá wrát bócstafas ǽrest who first wrote letters? Salm. Kmbl. 200, 23: 192, 6. Bócstafa of letters, Salm. Kmbl. 199; Sal. 99. Wæs se beám bócstafum awriten the beam was inscribed with letters, Elen. Kmbl. 182; El. 91
þider-inn
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Into that place, where motion is expressed or implied Þeáh hwá his ágen spere sette tó óðres mannes húses dura, and hé þiderinn (-in, MS. B.) ǽrende hæbbe, L. C. S. 76; Th. i. 418, 5. Ic mé þyderinn eode, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 500.
drohtnian
To converse, dwell or keep company with, pass life, live ⬩ versāri, conversāri, dēgĕre, vitam ăgĕre
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To hwám drohtaþ heó mid us why dwelleth she with us? Salm. Kmbl. 894; Sal. 446: Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 22; Ph. 88. We drohtniaþ degĭmus, Hymn. Surt. 113, 17.
sláwian
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To be or become slow, sluggish, inactive Hwæs wilnast ðú ðæt dú ne sláwedest swá micel geswinc tó gefremmanne what dost thou desire, that thou hast not been slow to perform so great a labour, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 224.
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wudian
To cut wood
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Ðá gesáwan hié ǽnne ceorl, hwǽr hé stód and wudede him, Wulfst. 2 20, 11, 15. Hé him bebeád ðæt hí bǽron wæter tó ðæs folces neóde and wudedon him simble decrevit eos esse in ministerio cuncti populi, caedentes ligna et aquas comportantes.
grep
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Á hé mæcg findan hwæt hé mæcg on byrig bétan ... grép hegian, dícsceard bétan, Angl. ix. 262, 19
oþ-standan
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S. 23 b, 161. of a procedure Gange se teám forð oþ þæt man wite hwǽr hé oðstande, Ll. Th. i. 158, 15. Add Ic wæs út áþrungen fram eallum þám folce, oð ðe ic ǽnlípigu on þám cafertúne tó lǽfe oþstód, Hml. S. 23 b, 410
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hæring
A herring
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A herring Hwæt féhst ðú on sǽ? Hærincgas quid capis in mari? Aleces, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9. Ðes hæring hoc allec, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 14, 22. Hæring allec vel jairus vel taricius vel sardina, Ælfc. Gl. 102; Som. 77, 80; Wrt. Voc. 56, 3.
un-geweald
impotence ⬩ inability to control ⬩ unintentionally ⬩ not wilfully ⬩ involuntarily
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Gif him gewealdes gebyrige oððe ungewealdes ðæt hé on ðæs hwæt befoo ðe wið his willan sié, 28; Swt. 199, 22. [Þurh uniweald per impotenciam, O. E. Homl. ii. 63, 6. O. Frs. un-ewald.]
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cunnan
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Ðú cans eal ðis wésten, and wásð hwǽr wé wícian magon tu nosti in quibus locis per desertum castra ponere debeamus, Past. 304, 15. Swylce hé andgytful sý þe lytel can tó geráde on ǽnige wísan, Wlfst. 53, 5.
hruse
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Hwǽr seó ród wunige under hrúsan, El. 625. Se wínsele on hrúsan ne feól, B. 772. Þonne ic hrúsan trede, Rä. 8, 1. Hé hrycge sceal hrúsan sécan, 28, 11. (1 a) the floor of a subterranean place :-- Hwá wát on hwelcum hlǽwa Wélandes bán hrúsan þeccen?
sægen
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Sum engel him sǽde hwæt þá óþre bisceopas on heora sinoþe sprǽcon, and se hálga wiston hwæt hí þǽr rǽddon þurh þæs engles segene, Hml. S. 31, 687
smeágan
to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberate ⬩ to consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, search ⬩ to seek an opportunity ⬩ to accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose
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Hé sóhte and smeáde (tractavit), hwæt tó dónne wǽre Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 29: Elen. Kmbl. 826; El. 413. Maria smeáde and þohte, hwæt seó hálettung wǽre Blickl. Homl. 7, 16. Smeáge man geornlíce, hwæðer hit sóþ sí Deut. 19, 18.
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æfter
After ⬩ then ⬩ afterwards ⬩ post ⬩ postea ⬩ exinde
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Ic wát æfter nú hwá mec ferede ofer flódas now afterwards I know who conveyed me over the floods, Andr. Kmbl. 1808; An. 906. Ðǽr sceal ylda cwealm æfter wyrþan then must slaughter of men take place afterwards, 364; An. 182.
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hwearf
A turn ⬩ space ⬩ change ⬩ exchange
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Gif hit hwá dó fó se landhláford tó ðam hwearfe Of exchange. Let no man exchange any property without the witness of the reeve ... If any one do so let the lord take possession of the property exchanged, L. Ath. i. 10; Th. i. 204, 16-21.